When Hanukkah is celebrated in 2015. The history of the celebration of Hanukkah. Traditions and ceremonies of the holiday
The name of the Hanukkah festival comes from the expression"hanukkat hamizbeah", which in Hebrew means "renewal, illumination of the Temple." There is another name for the holiday - Hag Uriim, which means "holiday of lights". But it is worth noting that Hanukkah has a completely different meaning. This holiday, first, symbolizes God's patronage over the Israeli people. And secondly, the victory of a small Jewish group of soldiers led by Yehuda Maccabee in a battle with the huge army of King Antiochus, which initiated the struggle of Jews for their rights and territories.
When Hanukkah in 2015
Hanukah is an annual Jewish holiday of light,which in 2015 begins on December 7 and celebrates 8 days, during which every day, according to tradition, it is necessary to light one candle. Since the bright holiday of Hanukkah is celebrated on the eve of the Catholic Christmas, it is very often called Jewish Christmas.
On a note: Since the Hanukkah holiday represents a victoryof the Israeli people in the struggle for their religion, the time when Hanukkah is celebrated, for Jews around the world, is the opportunity to escape from the usual fuss, namely: to study in more detail certain aspects of the Jewish religion, to communicate with your growing children, to teach your children to defend their own religious beliefs.
What is necessary for the Jewish Hanukkah
For the celebration of the Light Holiday of Hanukkah, it is necessary to prepare in advance:
Hanukkah - special candle holder for 9 candles
Candles
Four-edged top "dreidel"
Candy, coins and small gifts, for both children and adults
Rites and traditions of the holiday
December 7, 2015 at sunset, it is necessarylight a central candle called shamash, read a prayer that blesses all Jews and expresses love and respect for God, as well as for Jewish ancestors. After that, with the help of "shamash" it is necessary to light the first rightmost candle of chanukiah. As a rule, lighted in the evening, chanukiah is put on the window so that all passers-by can see the light of her burning candles. This action should be repeated all eight evenings of Hanukkah.
By tradition, when Hanukkah is celebrated, the JewsEvery evening, they give small friends, relatives and friends small gifts - money, chocolate coins, beautiful festive candles, high-quality olive oil, incense, books with recipes for Jewish dishes and so on.
Also every evening after prayer and ignitionanother candle in Jewish families is accepted to play with a small child in a kind of game. The essence of this game is as follows: everyone receives an equal number of chocolates, each participant alternately rotates a tetrahedral top ("dreidel"), on the faces of which are depicted the letters indicating to take or put the candy back. The game lasts until all the candies are in one player.
Festive table on Chanukah
A variety of dishes from milk - one of thefeatures of the Jewish table for eight days, when Hanukkah is celebrated. But still, the traditional dish for Hanukkah is latex - potato pancakes with onion and salt, which are served on the table with sour cream or apple sauce. Also mandatory attribute of the festive table - air donuts, abundantly sprinkled with powdered sugar.
